Stay Close To Your Parents

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh;'

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten? — read the full passage →

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> He who is making light of his father and his mother, --and all the people have said, Amen.

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love; — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be--saith He--the two for one flesh.'

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword; — read the full passage →

And He did not make one <FI>only<Fi> , And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what <FI>is<Fi> the one <FI>alone<Fi> ! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. — read the full passage →

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

honour thy father and mother,

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →

Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, — read the full passage →

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children, — read the full passage →

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance; — read the full passage →

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus;

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;